Referendum To Decide On Referendum About Referendum Organised For Wednesday

Funny story written by Monkey Woods

Wednesday, 5 March 2008

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Shall we or shan't we? Let's have a referendum about it!

Ministers are to meet in the House of Commons on Wednesday to try to decide whether or not they should hold a UK-wide referendum to decide on whether or not they should hold a UK-wide referendum on the troublesome EU Treaty.

A referendum, which is extremely difficult to type if you're not careful, is backed by the Conservatives, the Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru, which can also be a bit tricky.

The Labour government will oppose it, and the Liberal Democrats will abstain.

It's such a mixed-up subject, that many politicians cannot, for the life of them, remember what the Treaty is about, let alone whether or not to give the electorate a chance to vote on such a complex issue.

Conservative leader David Cameron said:

"They promised us a referendum. Now we're going to have two of them, which pleases me, because I like referendums."

But Lib Dem owner Nick Clegg, was less enthusiastic, saying:

"Referendum? What's one of those?"

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